Bell Ringer:

• Complete and turn in classroom account info cards

Book Talk

• The Hook: Watch book trailer.
• Other Visual Resources: NPR’s Top 100 Books and sites for book talks, such as this one at Scholastic.
• Pair/Share a read selection.
• Assignment: Turn in list with 50-Word Commentary.

Appositives:

• Opener: "A balding, smooth-faced man, he could have been anywhere between forty and sixty." -Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
• Split: "One of the their dogs, the best one, had disappeared." - Fred Gibson, Old Yeller
• Closer: "When the tyrannosaur roared, it was a terrifying sound, a scream from some other world." - Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park
• Complete the following sentence opener, split, and closer.
  • Opener: _, I quickly became acclimated to my surroundings.
  • Split: My best friend, _, will always be vivid in my many memories.
  • Closer: Suddenly, I was presented with what I prized the most, _.
    • Did you create just an appositive, OR did you create an appositive phrase?
      • Go back and add on more details = create an appositive phrase.
    • How many of your appositives began with an article?

Introduce Current Connections Assignment (30 Minutes)

• Jim Cantore: Actively involved in his Job!
  • Weather Channel Video and this one...
  • Introduce Essential Question:
    • How can I become a more active participant in my learning?
    • How can I take responsibility for my learning?
    • Why is it important to know what’s going on in the world?
    • Why is it important to have some choice in what you learn?
• Distribute Handout with Graphic Organizer
• Model choosing a text that will be rich in content based upon the questions below: CNN News or Fox News
  • What Connections can you make with the text? (Self, Text, World)
  • What ideas do you agree with?
  • What ideas do you disagree with?
  • What’s the author’s purpose?
  • Does the author accomplish his/her purpose?
  • What do you not understand?

Appositives: Exit Slip (15 Minutes)

• Draft a response (in your Writer's Notebook) to this question: How can I take responsibility for my learning?
  • Use three appositives.
    • 1 opener
    • 1 of s-v split
    • 1 closer
  • Identify the three appositives.
  • Formative Assessment: Hand in.
• Check out my model.

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